PPM Safety Manager - 1.2

About Us:

Backed by more than 40 years of experience and one of the industry's leading safety performance records, PPM, helps clients address the complex challenges inherent in today's manufacturing and industrial facilities environment. Our wide experience in meeting industrial plant maintenance needs enables us to implement systems and processes that keep your facilities and equipment running at consistently optimum levels.

Job Title:  Safety Manager-- Society Hill, SC

SUMMARY

The Assistant Safety Director directly to the Corporate Safety Director in Society Hill, SC. Responsibilities include supporting operations by promoting and developing safety culture, providing technical expertise and building collaborative relationships with operational leaders, supporting the incident management process, and related activities.

This position is responsible for the management of a team of Safety Advisors and Supervisors located throughout all PPM job sites.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes and ensures compliance with the company Safety Program, OSHA/MSHA, company operating policies and procedures, and provide safe working environments for employees.
• Review new projects and facilitate development of site-specific safety plans to ensure they meet customer requirements.
• Ensure all project safety policies operate in compliance with contracts and company established policies.
• Prepare and lead company safety meetings. Advise and assist project management in carrying out their safety, health and loss prevention responsibilities.
• Provide the necessary tools and training to ensure Safety Professionals are regularly evaluating workplace environments and practices and ensuring compliance with OSHA, MSHA, NFPA 70E, customer and company specific safety regulations.
• Support recommended measures to help protect workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes, or materials.
• Facilitate an environment where Exercise Stop Work Authority is encouraged to halt activities that pose threats to workers' health or safety.
• Establish and ensure compliance to policies and procedures in coordination with the Tool Department Manager to ensure all safety equipment remains compliant, serviceable and functional.
• Conduct scheduled and unscheduled safety audits at all job sites to promote and represent the company safety program, providing executive visibility and outreach to field personnel and clients.
• Oversee accident investigations and ensure record keeping and near miss reports are documented and that appropriate corrective actions are implemented by Safety Coordinators.
• Review 5-Why and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and discuss remedial measures to be communicated to the company with Safety Advisors.
• Prepare responses to the OSHA investigations, citations, and negotiations and coordinate with designated internal and external legal representatives.
• Collaborate with Marketing Department to produce weekly Safety Newsletter topics to communicate current events, incidents and training.
• Develop content and provide train the trainer sessions for equipment and specific safety trainings.
• Provide training to Safety Advisors on databases to track, assign and log completed trainings as needed.
• Manage and lead implementation of the company Lock out Tag Out Program and
• Review upcoming work activities with Safety Advisors and discuss the project’s risk exposure and provide support in mitigating risk to the greatest degree possible.
• Provide training for proper completion of Pre Job Task Planning and assist in implementing procedures for project specific forms and notifications.
• Serve as designated employer representative for the DOT to implement drug-testing requirements per company regulations, and maintain training Safety Department in reasonable suspicion of drug and alcohol use for supervisors.
• Continually look for ways to improve how the company promotes a zero-accident environment through a variety of methods to maintain engagement of all employees.
• Complete customer safety pre-qualifications and answer safety inquiries at the executive level.
• Communicate additional assignments to Safety Advisors as required by the operating needs of the company or as directed by executives.

General:

• Able to prioritize and manage multiple job tasks at once.
• Practice excellent organization and remain upbeat and pleasant even when facing the pressure of pending or multiple deadlines.
• Act as a role model of EMCOR’s Values, Business Code of Conduct, Business Ethics, company operating policies, procedures and safety requirements.
• Able to work 40 hours per week in Society Hill, SC with travel to satellite offices and job sites as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• 5 years’ years of experience in safety management within the construction industry with the majority of those years in a supervisory and leadership role overseeing a highly structured safety program.
• Safety Management Specialist (SMS) Certification preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Safety and Health or similar Qualified Academic Program recognized by the BCSP (Board of Certified Safety Professionals) preferred, or significant experience in place of degree is required.
• OSHA-500 certification required.
• Comprehensive knowledge of industrial and commercial electrical construction and maintenance as well as overhead line work.
• In-depth technical working knowledge of OSHA/MSHA, federal, state, and city environmental and safety regulations and practices. Has the ability to find, interpret and apply regulations and code sections.
• Versed in NFPA 70E standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace.
• Proven track record of improving safety performance by instituting behaviorally based safety programs.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Must demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, (i.e. Outlook, Word and Excel) and cloud based systems such as OneDrive, Teams, Smartsheet

• Proficient in Compliance Suite and ACTS Database, or other professional training database required.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

The requirements listed below are representative of characteristics and demonstrated capabilities sought to perform this job successfully.

• Self-motivated and challenges self and others to stretch beyond current role and comfort zone, with an aptitude for encouraging and driving others to achieve results.
• Ability to work with different groups of people to get buy-in to drive results of the team.
• Must build positive working relationships with multiple levels of employees, management, suppliers, and customers.
• Able to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Can monitor and assess performance of self, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Must demonstrate integrity, honesty, professionalism, and appropriate concern regarding dissemination of sensitive and confidential information.
• Comfortable with public speaking for both training and group safety meetings.
• Capability to deliver effective performance feedback and provide coaching.
• Must have the ability to make quick yet sound decisions.
• Must monitor and analyze data and solve problems on a tactical and strategic level.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Must be able to complete hiring paperwork electronically through DocuSign
• May be required to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds
• Must posses enough strength and stamina to perform the technical duties and essential functions as identified above
• Must be able to move in and around confided spaces and uneven areas
• Must have full range of motion consistent with age
• Must be able to climb and maintain balance ladders
• Must be able to adequately hear and respond to voice commands and alerts from other employees, alarms and other job-related noises
• Visual acuity, depth perception and color discrimination consistent with that required to work at heights and on uneven surfaces
• Safety/Steel toe shoes are required. 

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